Nelvis Qekema

After watching the Inxeba movie, my impression is that it has less to do with ulwaluko/koma (initiation), and more to do with homosexuality and the prejudices generally suffered by gay men.

“Hide nothing from the masses of our people.  Tell no lies.  Expose lies whenever they are told.  Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures.

Black Consciousness stalwart and intellectual giant, Comrade Vuyisa Qunta, is no more. After a month of incapacitation at One Military Hospital and a week after the amputation of his right leg, it seemed like the evergreen Qunta could not reconcile with the state of sudden immobility.

In an interview wherein he was asked to demonstrate the potency of black consciousness, Steve Biko answered in one word, ‘Soweto’. That bold statement was an unequivocal reference to the June 16 uprising.